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Parenting, Technology, and the Truth: Wisdom in a Social Media Age with Samuel James
Rooted Parent - April 25, 2024 11:00 - 43 minutesTune in to a fascinating conversation where host Cameron Cole interviews author Samuel James about his new book, Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age. You'll want to hear his discussion of "content vs. form"; "software vs. hardware," prompting us to ask the question...
Parenting, Technology, and the Truth: How Technology Is Shaping Our Children with Collin Hansen
Rooted Parent - April 11, 2024 11:00 - 50 minutesIn this episode, Cameron and Anna are excited to sit down with guest Collin Hansen of The Gospel Coalition. As an astute thought leader for Christians wrestling with contemporary culture, Hansen shares what he has seen and heard about the impact of smartphones and social media on children and te...
Parenting, Technology, and the Truth: Having the Hard Conversations
Rooted Parent - March 28, 2024 11:00 - 37 minutesIn this episode of the Rooted Parent Podcast, Cameron and Anna encourage parents whose kids are NOT HAPPY with the family rules regarding smartphones. We hope this episode will help you hold the line for your child's good. "Listening well and showing compassion is going to go a long way towards...
Parenting, Technology, and the Truth: Practical Wisdom from Counselor Alice Churnock
Rooted Parent - March 14, 2024 11:00 - 41 minutesLicensed professional counselor Alice Churnock of "Ask Alice" podcast fame sits down with Anna to talk about what she has learned from her teenaged clients about the impacts of social media. Because Alice is also a mom, she offers wise practical advice for parents of young teens, who don't yet h...
Parenting, Technology and the Truth: A Theology of Time
Rooted Parent - February 22, 2024 12:00 - 36 minutesIn this episode of our technology series, Cameron and Anna discuss the enormous amount of time teenagers (and often, their parents) spend in front of screens on a daily basis. We find that Scripture has a lot to say about "numbering our days [so} that we may get a heart of wisdom" concerning how...
Parenting, Technology, and the Truth: Justice for Our Children
Rooted Parent - February 08, 2024 12:00 - 32 minutesIn this episode of the Rooted Parent podcast, Cameron and Anna tackle a tough topic: the unjust conduct of social media giants like Meta, TikTok, and Pornhub, who knowingly prey on preteens and teens with the intent to create addicts. Much like the tobacco industry, these companies exploit the v...
Parenting, Technology, and the Truth: Seeking Self-Justification
Rooted Parent - January 25, 2024 13:00 - 38 minutesHuman beings live perpetually aware of their shortcomings, so we are always seeking to justify ourselves by some demonstration of "enoughness." In this episode of the Rooted Parent podcast, Cameron and Anna talk about how we use social media filters as self-justification tools, and how we can te...
Parenting, Technology, and the Truth: Insta-Envy
Rooted Parent - January 12, 2024 03:50 - 33 minutesInstagram is unparalleled in its capacity to stir up envy within us; and envy is unparalleled in its power to destroy relationships. In this episode, Cameron and Anna uncover the backbone of envy and talk about the truths from God's word that provide the corrective for our jealousy and covetousn...
Parenting, Technology, and the Truth: Thinking Counterculturally
Rooted Parent - December 07, 2023 12:00 - 38 minutesIf there's one thing Christian parents know, it's that walking with Jesus will put us in conflict with the dominant culture. In this episode, Cameron and Anna discuss the difficulty and the imperative of raising children who are willing to be different from their peers, for God's glory and their...
Parenting, Technology, and the Truth: Social Media Promotes Comparison
Rooted Parent - November 20, 2023 12:00 - 34 minutesIn this episode of our technology series, Cameron and Anna examine the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector in Luke's gospel. When we lead our children to understand that their audience is a good God who loves them and finds them flawless in Christ, they will begin to break free from ne...
Parenting, Technology, and the Truth: The Insider-Outsider Truth of Being a Teenager
Rooted Parent - November 09, 2023 12:00 - 33 minutesThe longing for secure belonging is part of being human, but the longing can be particularly acute for teenagers. In this episode of the Rooted Parent podcast, Cameron and Anna discuss how this longing feeds into our children's participation on social media platforms. "So much of the tension a...
Parenting, Technology, and the Truth: Why Our Bodies Matter
Rooted Parent - October 26, 2023 11:00 - 31 minutesIn this episode of the Rooted Parent Podcast, Cameron and Anna discuss the God-ordained goodness of our bodies. Since the early days of the church, Christians have fought the Greek teaching that matter and the body are bad, and we must escape the physical world. Through the Incarnation of Jesus ...
Parenting, Technology, and the Truth: Handling Conflict With Your Child
Rooted Parent - October 12, 2023 05:00 - 43 minutesContinuing the conversation about viewing technology through the lens of biblical discipleship, Cameron and Anna encourage parents to communicate gently with their children on the topic of technology. Listening well and asking good questions may not make your child feel better about your rules, ...
Parenting, Technology, and the Truth
Rooted Parent - September 26, 2023 11:00 - 40 minutesIn the first episode of our new season, Cameron and Anna will talk about what it looks like to have a discipleship mindset regarding our kids and technology. Our desire as parents is to raise children who love Jesus and have their own relationship with him. With Scripture as our guide, we can te...
What Parents Should Know About the Great Dechurching with Jim Davis and Michael Graham
Rooted Parent - September 14, 2023 11:00 - 48 minutesJoin Cameron and Anna for this fascinating interview with Jim Davis and Michael Graham, authors of The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back? According to the research commissioned by Davis and Graham, 40 million people have left the Ameri...
Ask the Experts: Discovering the Value of Teenagers' Questions with Mike McGarry
Rooted Parent - August 24, 2023 11:00 - 38 minutesIn this joint episode with Danny Kwon, host of the Rooted Youth Ministry podcast, Anna welcomes Mike McGarry, author of a newly released book for teenagers, Discover: Questioning Your Way to Faith. As a veteran youth worker, father and husband, Mike is no stranger to the difficult questions kids...
Parenting Out of the Grace of Jesus
Rooted Parent - August 10, 2023 11:00 - 30 minutesIn this final episode of our three-part series, Cameron and Anna focus on what it looks like to parent out of the grace of Jesus. Almost as soon as our babies are born, parents discover that our best efforts are not enough, our sin trips us up continually, and we often don't have a clue if we ha...
Parenting Out of the Wisdom of Scripture
Rooted Parent - July 27, 2023 11:00 - 41 minutesCameron and Anna take a pause in the summertime to review what it means to parent out of the rest of the gospel, the wisdom of Scripture, and the grace of Jesus. In this second episode of a three-part series, they examine what it looks like for parents to let the wisdom of Scripture guide their ...
Parenting Out of the Rest of the Gospel
Rooted Parent - July 14, 2023 02:31 - 42 minutesCameron and Anna take a pause in the summertime to review what it means to parent out of the rest of the gospel, the wisdom of Scripture, and the grace of Jesus. In this first episode of a three-part series, they examine the gospel and what it looks like for parents to rest in the finished work ...
Ask the Experts: What Does a Gospel- Centered Family Look Like? With Jared Kennedy
Rooted Parent - June 22, 2023 11:00 - 49 minutesIn this episode of the Rooted Parent Podcast, Anna talks with Jared Kennedy, husband and father of three daughters. Jared works as an editor with The Gospel Coalition and is the founder of The Gospel-Centered Family. Jared shares what he believes a gospel-centered family looks like- and it's a c...
Ask the Experts: Finding a Better Story on Anxiety with Liz Edrington and Alice Churnock
Rooted Parent - June 08, 2023 11:00 - 36 minutesIn this episode of the Rooted Parent Podcast, we share an interview from our sister podcast, Ask Alice. Alice Churnock interviews author and mental health counselor, Liz Edrington on her 31-day teen devotional: Anxiety: Finding the Better Story. Listen in as these two experts in teenage anxiet...
Ask the Experts: Parenting Ahead with Kristen Hatton
Rooted Parent - May 25, 2023 11:00 - 36 minutesFor parents who dread the hormones, changes, and challenges of the teen years: you will find so much comfort and hope in our interview with author and counselor Kristen Hatton. Kristen is a mother of three grown children, a pastors' wife, and a counselor, and she is well acquainted with how pare...
What the Bible Says About Parenting: The O.G. Soccer Mom
Rooted Parent - May 11, 2023 11:00 - 34 minutesIn the final episode of our season "What the Bible Says About Parenting," Cameron and Anna take a look at Salome, the mother of James and John, the sister of Mary- who happens to be Jesus' aunt. When she requests that her sons be allowed to sit at the right and left hands of Jesus in his kingdom...
What the Bible Says About Parenting: Even Mary and Joseph Messed Up Sometimes
Rooted Parent - April 20, 2023 11:00 - 29 minutesIn this episode of the Rooted Parent Podcast, Cameron and Anna take a look at Mary and Joseph's "Home Alone" moment. When they accidentally leave Jesus behind at the temple for four days, Mary and Joseph weren't at the peak of their parenting skills. But no human parent is perfect, and God's gra...
What the Bible Says About Parenting: When God's Plan For My Child Differs From Mine
Rooted Parent - April 13, 2023 11:00 - 26 minutesThis week Cameron and Anna examine the annunciation, the moment in Scripture when the angel Gabriel tells Mary that she will bear God's child. Mary's idea of what marriage and family would look like did not meet whatever expectations she might have had. Parents have much to learn from how God he...
What the Bible Says About Parenting: Don't Take the Blame Or the Credit for Your Children's Behavior
Rooted Parent - March 23, 2023 11:00 - 31 minutesLooking at two different father-son relationships in the Bible (Saul & Jonathan, and Hezekiah & Manasseh,) Cameron and Anna unpack the comforting truth that parents are not ultimately responsible for how their children turn out. Thankfully, God is. Saul was a faithless, unrighteous king, but his...
Ask The Experts: Teaching Our Children Biblical Truth with Alisa Childers
Rooted Parent - March 09, 2023 12:00 - 37 minutesIn an episode youth pastors and parents will not want to miss, Cameron interviews Christian writer and apologist Alisa Childers about why biblical truth matters so much as we disciple our kids. Their conversation covers, among many things, the linguistic theft of words like "love" and "tolerance...
What the Bible Says About Parenting: The "Worthless" Sons of Eli
Rooted Parent - February 23, 2023 12:00 - 33 minutesIn this episode of the Rooted Parent Podcast, Cameron and Anna discuss the pitfalls of permissive parenting. Despite best intentions, sometimes parents fall into the trap of pleasing their kids rather than wisely frustrating their whims and desires. The tale of the priest Eli and his sons, contr...
What The Bible Says About Parenting: Looking at Our Children Through God's Eyes
Rooted Parent - February 09, 2023 12:00 - 28 minutes"Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." Looking at the example of Jesse and his sons, Cameron and Anna discuss how parents can focus on outward appearances and overlook a child's heart. Parents must learn to resist labeling children, to ask God for help seeing our...
What the Bible Says About Parenting: Jacob, Joseph, and Playing Favorites
Rooted Parent - January 26, 2023 12:00 - 38 minutesLooking at Genesis 37, Cameron and Anna discuss the pain that favoritism causes in families. When parents demonstrate partiality, everyone suffers. By God's grace, we can learn to treat all our children with equity and love. Resources: Ask Alice: The Impact of Birth Order and Family Roles on S...
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